Analysis of Continuity in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

I have analyzed the continuity of the sequence from 3:28 to 6:30

- Charlie walks out of the shop the door into the centre of the frame and looks towards the action (the right of the frame), the camera cuts to an MLS of the crowd from Charlie’s POV.
- Back to MCU of Charlie as he sets off towards the crowd, this shot flows into the next where we see him running into the frame of a LS of the crowd (Match on action).
- When he gets there, a HA shot shows the newspaper headline between 2 men having a conversation explaining it, so we now know what all the kerfuffle is about.
- MCU of Charlie at his eye level of his shocked reaction to the news.
- He turns to walk away in the above shot, match on action and shot reverse shot to the crab shot, MCU of Charlie walking away from the crowd.
- As he walks we see people in the background continue to read the paper and the audience knows where he is going in relation to the original crowd of people.

- This leads onto a LA, MS of Charlie as he takes out the Wonka bar and looks at it hopefully, cuts to HA of Charlie opening chocolate bar – variety of angles for one simple but important action.
- CUs of Charlie to show his anticipation and CU of chocolate bar covered in shiny foil and Charlie’s fingers as he opens it - focuses and involves the audience in the action of finding the ticket.
- Fast paced cuts between reaction shots and opening the bar = excitement
- Cutaway: ECU of the coveted golden ticket

- Hand comes from right of frame which we know is where the crowd of people were.
- MLS to show dialogue and action between Charlie and woman then quick pan to MLS of crowd as Charlie gets dragged back and disappears into it.
- Crab shot as he fights his way through the crowd and pan to the right as he runs off into the distance
- LSs as he runs home – Est. shots of the different places in town through which he runs give a sense of the direction in which he is running, distance and freedom
- Reverse track to LA as he runs – involves the audience in the movement
- Sideways track (crab shot) of MCU of Charlie running with a smile – focuses on the emotion of the character, the close range leads us to forget that he’s just run into a dark alleyway, this makes the next shot more shocking.
- Zoom into Slugworth as Charlie almost runs into him - audience feel this action too as the shot is from Charlie’s POV.
- Shot reverse shot of the characters as Slugworth talks.
- LA from Charlie’s POV looking up at Slugworth - involves the audience again
- BCU of Slugworth’s face makes him seem even more intimidating
- Wider shot of both characters takes audience out of the conversation as onlookers
- OTS of Charlie looking nervous = emotion
- Camera shows Slugworth walking away from Charlie and Charlie’s expression in this shot matches the CU of him in the next (match on action) before he continues running home.